And these costs come not just in dollars and cents but also through various health threats linked to plastics — including ...
An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year by 2040, ...
A new study determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste -- plastic that isn't recycled or properly disposed of and ends up as pollution -- by 91% and plastic-related ...
As COP26 leaders gather in Glasgow in two weeks to seek ways to take collective actions that can mitigate the effects of climate change, one important area for them to address is plastic waste ...
The waste and recycling sector has reacted to today’s release of the Autumn Budget by Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
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Machine learning has been used to turn a survey of local waste-management practices into a global inventory of plastic emissions. The data show that tackling plastic pollution will require reduced ...
A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at present rates the world's plastic waste will nearly double by 2050, imperiling waterways and seas already under threat. But ...